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Anthony Carl Tommasini (born April 14, 1948) is an American music critic and author who specializes in classical music. [1] Described as "a discerning critic, whose taste, knowledge and judgment have made him a must-read", [2] Tommasini was the chief classical music critic for The New York Times from 2000 to 2021.
A jazz term which instructs chord-playing musicians such as a jazz pianist or jazz guitarist to perform a dominant (V7) chord with at least one (often both) altered (sharpened or flattened) 5th or 9th altissimo Very high; see also in altissimo alto High; often refers to a particular range of voice, higher than a tenor but lower than a soprano
In the 1970s, he was an associate editor of Crawdaddy!, where he published his first works (outside school publications); [4] and in the 1980s, an associate editor at Rolling Stone and the music editor at The Village Voice. He started contributing to The Times in 1982. [3] He reviews popular music in the arts section of The Times. [4]
In recorded music, a segue sometimes means a seamless change between one song and another, [2] sometimes achieved through beatmatching, especially on dance and disco recordings. However, as noted by composer John Williams in the liner notes for his Star Wars soundtrack album , a series of musical ideas can be juxtaposed with no transitions ...
Lyrics often contain political, social, and economic themes—as well as aesthetic elements—and so can communicate culturally significant messages. These messages can be explicit, or implied through metaphor or symbolism. Lyrics can also be analyzed with respect to the sense of unity (or lack of unity) it has with its supporting music.
Wiktionary (UK: / ˈ w ɪ k ʃ ən ər i / ⓘ, WIK-shə-nər-ee; US: / ˈ w ɪ k ʃ ə n ɛr i / ⓘ, WIK-shə-nerr-ee; rhyming with "dictionary") is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary of terms (including words, phrases, proverbs, linguistic reconstructions, etc.) in all natural languages and in a number of artificial languages.
An early use of the word scherzo in music is in light-hearted madrigals of the early baroque period, which were often called scherzi musicali, for example: Claudio Monteverdi wrote two sets of works with this title, in 1607 and in 1632. Antonio Brunelli wrote Scherzi, Arie, Canzonette e Madrigale for voices and instruments in 1616.
Allan Kozinn (born July 28, 1954) [1] is an American journalist, music critic, and teacher. Kozinn received bachelor's degrees in music and journalism from Syracuse University in 1976. [ 2 ] He began freelancing as a critic and music feature writer for The New York Times in 1977, and joined the paper's staff in 1991. [ 3 ]